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I-CON 32 sci-fi weekend convention won't be held

Originally published: March 20, 2013 11:41 AM
Updated: March 20, 2013 8:09 PM
By STACEY ALTHERR  stacey.altherr@newsday.com

Fans flock to Stony Brook University to attend the 31st annual I-CON on the second day of the three-day sci-fi convention. Videojournalist: Chris Ware (March 31, 2012) (April 1, 2012 4:44 PM)

This year's I-CON is no more.

Organizers say the science-fiction / science-fact convention, an annual spring affair on Long Island for decades, has been postponed indefinitely because of a confluence of problems -- financial issues, staffing and the lack of a venue for the three-day event. I-CON 32 had been planned for this weekend.

Organizers said they hope to host the convention,...